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Basics edit

This section contains 136 articles.

Principles edit

This section contains 102 articles.

Bonding edit

This section contains 11 articles.

  1. Chemical bond (Level 3)
    1. Electron counting
      1. Octet rule
  2. Covalent bond (Level 4)
    1. Single bond
    2. Double bond
    3. Triple bond
  3. Hydrogen bond (Level 4)
  4. Ionic bonding (Level 4)
    1. Metallic bonding (Level 4)
    2. Polyatomic ion

Mixture edit

This section contains 19 articles.

  1. Mixture (Level 4)
  2. Concentration
    1. Mass concentration (chemistry)
    2. Number density
  3. Dispersion (chemistry) (Level 4)
    1. Colloid (Level 4)
      1. Aerosol (Level 4)
      2. Emulsion (Level 4)
      3. Foam (Level 4)
      4. Gel (Level 4)
      5. Sol (colloid)
    2. Solution (chemistry) (Level 4)
      1. Aqueous solution
      2. Solid solution
      3. Solubility
      4. Solvation
      5. Solvent
      6. Tincture
    3. Suspension (chemistry) (Level 4)

Nomenclature edit

This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Chemical nomenclature
    1. Descriptor (chemistry)
    2. IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry
    3. IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic chemistry
    4. Parent hydride
    5. Systematic element name
    6. Trivial name

Periodic table edit

This section contains 21 articles.

  1. Periodic table (Level 3)
    1. Block (periodic table)
    2. Group (periodic table)
    3. Period (periodic table)
  2. Atomic mass (Level 4)
    1. Mass number
    2. Relative atomic mass
    3. Standard atomic weight
  3. Atomic number (Level 4)
  4. Main-group element
  5. Metal (Level 3)
    1. Heavy metals
      1. Toxic heavy metal
    2. Post-transition metal
  6. Metalloid (Level 4)
  7. Nonmetal
  8. Periodic trends
    1. Atomic radius
    2. Electron affinity
    3. Electronegativity
    4. Ionization energy

Reaction edit

This section contains 17 articles.

  1. Chemical reaction (Level 3)
    1. Conversion (chemistry)
    2. Product (chemistry)
    3. Reactivity (chemistry)
    4. Reagent
    5. Substrate (chemistry)
    6. Yield (chemistry)
  2. Catalysis (Level 3)
  3. Chemical equation (Level 4)
    1. Stoichiometry
      1. Law of definite proportions
      2. Law of multiple proportions
      3. Law of reciprocal proportions
  4. Chemical equilibrium (Level 4)
    1. Le Chatelier's principle
    2. Microscopic reversibility
  5. Chemical synthesis (Level 4)

Substance edit

This section contains 27 articles.

  1. Chemical substance (Level 4)
    1. Congener (chemistry)
    2. Isomer
    3. Natural product
  2. Amount of substance (Level 4)
    1. Avogadro constant
  3. Chemical element (Level 2)
    1. Allotropy (Level 4)
  4. Chemical composition
    1. Chemical formula (Level 4)
      1. Empirical formula
      2. Structural isomer
      3. Tautomer
    2. Structural formula
      1. Cyclic compound
      2. Lewis structure
      3. Open-chain compound
    3. Molecular model
      1. Ball-and-stick model
      2. Molecular graphics
      3. Ribbon diagram
      4. Space-filling model
  5. Chemical compound (Level 3)
    1. Molecule (Level 3)
    2. Diatomic molecule
    3. Inorganic compound (Level 4)
    4. Organic compound (Level 4)

Chemical elements edit

This section contains 202 articles.

s-Block edit

This section contains 31 articles.

p-Block edit

This section contains 65 articles.

d-Block edit

This section contains 56 articles.

  1. Transition metal (Level 4)
    1. Base metal
    2. Noble metal
      1. Platinum group
      2. Precious metal

Group 3 edit

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Group 3 element
  2. Scandium (Level 4)
  3. Yttrium (Level 4)
  4. Lutetium (Level 4)
  5. Lawrencium

Group 4 edit

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Group 4 element
  2. Titanium (Level 4)
  3. Zirconium (Level 4)
  4. Hafnium (Level 4)
  5. Rutherfordium

Group 5 edit

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Group 5 element
  2. Vanadium (Level 4)
  3. Niobium (Level 4)
  4. Tantalum (Level 4)
  5. Dubnium

Group 6 edit

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Group 6 element
  2. Chromium (Level 4)
  3. Molybdenum (Level 4)
  4. Tungsten (Level 4)
  5. Seaborgium

Group 7 edit

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Group 7 element
  2. Manganese (Level 4)
  3. Technetium (Level 4)
    1. Technetium-99m
  4. Rhenium (Level 4)
  5. Bohrium

Group 8 edit

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Group 8 element
  2. Iron (Level 3)
  3. Ruthenium (Level 4)
  4. Osmium (Level 4)
  5. Hassium

Group 9 edit

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Group 9 element
  2. Cobalt (Level 4)
  3. Rhodium (Level 4)
  4. Iridium (Level 4)
  5. Meitnerium

Group 10 edit

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Group 10 element
  2. Nickel (Level 4)
  3. Palladium (Level 4)
  4. Platinum (Level 4)
  5. Darmstadtium

Group 11 edit

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Group 11 element
  2. Copper (Level 3)
  3. Silver (Level 3)
  4. Gold (Level 3)
  5. Roentgenium

Group 12 edit

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Group 12 element
  2. Zinc (Level 4)
  3. Cadmium (Level 4)
  4. Mercury (element) (Level 4)
  5. Copernicium

f-Block edit

This section contains 33 articles.

Periods edit

This section contains 17 articles.

Acids and bases edit

This section contains 55 articles. Aqueous acids and bases listed here; for underlying solutes, see the Salts and ions section.

Alloys and ceramic compounds edit

This section contains 40 articles. For disordered network solids, see Glass under Technology.

Molecular compounds edit

This section contains 46 articles.

Organic compounds edit

This section contains 192 articles. Note that organic compounds are often not biotic; see the Biology section for Biochemistry of living organisms.

Hydrocarbons edit

This section contains 41 articles.

Alcohols edit

This section contains 20 articles.

Aldehydes and ketones edit

This section contains 5 articles.

Alkaloids edit

This section contains 11 articles.

Salts and ions edit

This section contains 211 articles.

Salts and ions: General edit

This section contains 10 articles.

  1. Ammonium
    1. Quaternary ammonium cation
  2. Ash
    1. Potash
    2. Wood ash
  3. Salt (chemistry) (Level 4)
    1. Acid salt
    2. Alkali salt
    3. Lithium (medication)
  4. Zwitterion

Borohydride salts edit

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Borohydride
    1. Lithium borohydride
    2. Sodium borohydride

Carbide salts edit

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Aluminium carbide
  2. Calcium carbide

Cyanide salts edit

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Cyanide (Level 4)
    1. Potassium cyanide
    2. Sodium cyanide
    3. Ferricyanide
      1. Potassium ferricyanide
    4. Ferrocyanide
      1. Potassium ferrocyanide
      2. Prussian blue

Halide salts edit

This section contains 25 articles.

  1. Halide
  2. Bromide
    1. Potassium bromide
    2. Sodium bromide
  3. Chloride (Level 4)
    1. Aluminium chloride
    2. Ammonium chloride
    3. Calcium chloride (Level 4)
    4. Copper(II) chloride
    5. Iron(III) chloride
    6. Magnesium chloride
    7. Potassium chloride
    8. Sodium chloride (Level 4)
    9. Zinc chloride
  4. Fluoride
    1. Boron trifluoride
    2. Calcium fluoride
    3. Sodium fluoride
    4. Sulfur hexafluoride
    5. Uranium hexafluoride
  5. Iodide
    1. Lugol's iodine
    2. Potassium iodide
    3. Silver iodide
    4. Tincture of iodine

Hydride salts edit

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Hydride
    1. Lithium aluminium hydride
    2. Lithium hydride
    3. Sodium hydride

Nitride salts edit

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Nitride
    1. Azide
      1. Lead(II) azide
      2. Silver azide
      3. Sodium azide
    2. Lithium nitride
    3. Silver nitride
    4. Titanium nitride

Noble gas compounds edit

This section contains 10 articles.

  1. Electride
  2. Noble gas compound
    1. Helium compounds
      1. Disodium helide
    2. Neon compounds
    3. Argon compounds
      1. Argon fluorohydride
    4. Krypton difluoride
    5. Xenon tetrafluoride
    6. Xenon hexafluoroplatinate

Organic salts edit

This section contains 30 articles.

  1. Benzalkonium chloride
  2. Crystal violet
  3. Merbromin
  4. Potassium bitartrate
  5. Sodium benzoate
  6. Sodium calcium edetate
  7. Tetrasodium EDTA
  8. Thiomersal

Acetates edit

This section contains 10 articles.

  1. Acetate
    1. Aluminium triacetate
    2. Ammonium acetate
    3. Calcium acetate
    4. Chromium(II) acetate
    5. Copper(II) acetate
    6. Lead(II) acetate
    7. Potassium acetate
    8. Sodium acetate
    9. Zinc acetate

Citrates edit

This section contains 9 articles.

  1. Calcium citrate
  2. Iron(III) citrate
    1. Ammonium ferric citrate
  3. Magnesium citrate
  4. Potassium citrate
  5. Sodium citrate
    1. Monosodium citrate
    2. Disodium citrate
    3. Trisodium citrate

Glutamates edit

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Glutamate flavoring
  2. Monosodium glutamate
  3. Monopotassium glutamate

Oxide salts edit

This section contains 24 articles.

  1. Oxide (Level 4)
    1. Aluminium oxide
    2. Copper(II) oxide
    3. Iron oxide
      1. Iron(II) oxide
      2. Iron(II,III) oxide
      3. Iron(III) oxide
    4. Manganese dioxide
    5. Osmium tetroxide
    6. Tin(IV) oxide
    7. Titanium dioxide (Level 4)
    8. Zinc oxide
    9. Zirconium dioxide
  2. Superoxide
    1. Potassium superoxide

Alkali oxide salts edit

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Calcium oxide
  2. Lithium oxide
  3. Magnesium oxide
  4. Potassium oxide
  5. Sodium oxide

Peroxide salts edit

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Peroxide
    1. Barium peroxide
    2. Potassium peroxide
    3. Sodium peroxide

Oxyanionic salts edit

This section contains 76 articles.

  1. Oxyanion
  2. Silicate (Level 4)
    1. Sodium silicate (Level 4)

Boric oxyanions edit

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Borate
    1. Borax
    2. Sodium metaborate

Carbonic oxyanions edit

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Bicarbonate
    1. Ammonium bicarbonate
    2. Sodium bicarbonate (Level 4)
      1. Baking powder
  2. Carbonate (Level 4)
    1. Ammonium carbonate
    2. Calcium carbonate (Level 4)
    3. Sodium carbonate (Level 4)

Halide oxyanions edit

This section contains 9 articles.

  1. Chlorate
    1. Potassium chlorate
  2. Chlorite
  3. Hypochlorite
    1. Sodium hypochlorite
  4. Perchlorate
    1. Ammonium perchlorate
    2. Potassium perchlorate
    3. Sodium perchlorate

Hydroxy anion edit

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Hydroxide
    1. Calcium hydroxide
    2. Magnesium hydroxide
    3. Potassium hydroxide (Level 4)
    4. Sodium hydroxide (Level 4)

Metallic oxyanions edit

This section contains 16 articles.

  1. Chromate and dichromate
    1. Lead(II) chromate
      1. Chrome yellow
    2. Potassium chromate
    3. Potassium dichromate
    4. Sodium chromate
    5. Sodium dichromate
  2. Manganate
    1. Potassium manganate
  3. Permanganate
    1. Potassium permanganate
    2. Sodium permanganate
  4. Vanadate
    1. Ammonium metavanadate
    2. Sodium metavanadate
    3. Sodium orthovanadate

Nitric oxyanions edit

This section contains 9 articles.

  1. Nitrate (Level 4)
    1. Ammonium nitrate (Level 4)
    2. Lead(II) nitrate
    3. Potassium nitrate (Level 4)
    4. Silver nitrate
    5. Sodium nitrate (Level 4)
  2. Nitrite
    1. Ammonium nitrite
    2. Sodium nitrite

Phosphoric oxyanions edit

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Phosphate
    1. Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate
    2. Diammonium phosphate
    3. Trisodium phosphate
  2. Phosphite anion
    1. Basic lead phosphite

Sulfuric oxyanions edit

This section contains 17 articles.

  1. Sodium dithionite
  2. Sulfite
  3. Sulfate (Level 4)
    1. Alum (Level 4)
      1. Potassium alum
    2. Aluminium sulfate
    3. Ammonium sulfate (Level 4)
    4. Calcium sulfate
    5. Copper(II) sulfate
    6. Iron(II) sulfate
    7. Iron(III) sulfate
    8. Magnesium sulfate (Level 4)
    9. Sodium sulfate (Level 4)
    10. Vitriol
    11. Zinc sulfate
  4. Thiosulfate
    1. Sodium thiosulfate

Sulfide salts edit

This section contains 11 articles.

  1. Sulfide
    1. Cadmium sulfide
    2. Calcium sulfide
      1. Lime sulfur
    3. Iron(II) sulfide
    4. Magnesium sulfide
    5. Mercury sulfide
    6. Molybdenum disulfide
    7. Potassium sulfide
    8. Sodium sulfide
    9. Zinc sulfide

Analysis edit

This section contains 41 articles.

Reactions and synthesis edit

This section contains 81 articles.

Basics edit

This section contains 10 articles.

  1. Dissociation (chemistry)
  2. Isomerization
  3. Radical (chemistry) (Level 4)
  4. Reaction mechanism (Level 4)
    1. Arrow pushing
    2. Chain reaction
    3. Elementary reaction
    4. Reaction intermediate
  5. Reversible reaction
    1. Stepwise reaction

Organic reactions edit

This section contains 38 articles.

  1. Organic reaction
    1. Leaving group
  2. Addition reaction
    1. Cycloaddition
    2. Electrophilic addition
    3. Free-radical addition
    4. Nucleophilic addition
  3. Aldol condensation
  4. Caramelization
  5. Diels–Alder reaction
  6. Elimination reaction
    1. E1cB-elimination reaction
    2. Ei mechanism
  7. Grignard reaction
  8. Haloform reaction
  9. Hydrogenation
  10. Maillard reaction
  11. Polymerization
    1. Step-growth polymerization
    2. Chain-growth polymerization
      1. Radical polymerization
      2. Ring-opening polymerization
    3. Chain transfer
    4. Emulsion polymerization
  12. Rearrangement reaction
    1. 1,2-rearrangement
    2. Allylic rearrangement
    3. Olefin metathesis
    4. Pericyclic reaction
  13. Substitution reaction (Level 4)
    1. Nucleophilic substitution
      1. Nucleophilic acyl substitution
      2. Nucleophilic aromatic substitution
      3. SN1 reaction
      4. SN2 reaction
      5. SNi
    2. Electrophilic substitution
  14. Wittig reaction

Redox reactions edit

This section contains 9 articles.

  1. Redox (Level 3)
    1. Corrosion (Level 4)
      1. Rust
      2. Tarnish
    2. Half-reaction
    3. Oxidation state
    4. Oxidizing agent
    5. Reducing agent
    6. Disproportionation

Other reactions edit

This section contains 14 articles.

  1. Acid–base reaction (Level 3)
  2. Chemical decomposition
    1. Electrolysis (Level 4)
    2. Hydrolysis
    3. Kipp's apparatus
    4. Thermal decomposition
      1. Cracking (chemistry)
      2. Destructive distillation
      3. Pyrolysis
  3. Combustion (Level 4)
  4. Haber process (Level 4)
  5. Precipitation (chemistry)
  6. Salt metathesis reaction
  7. Water–gas shift reaction

Synthetic strategies edit

This section contains 10 articles.

  1. Convergent synthesis
  2. Direct process
  3. Divergent synthesis
  4. Electrosynthesis
  5. Enantioselective synthesis
  6. One-pot synthesis
  7. Organic synthesis
    1. Retrosynthetic analysis
    2. Semisynthesis
  8. Total synthesis

Separation processes edit

This section contains 56 articles.

Chemical engineering edit

This section contains 12 articles.

Theory edit

This section contains 109 articles.

Bond structure edit

This section contains 24 articles.

  1. Coordination complex
    1. Chelation
    2. Coordination geometry
      1. Bite angle
      2. Coordination sphere
      3. Ligand cone angle
    3. Crystal field theory
    4. Ligand
    5. Ligand field theory
  2. Molecular geometry
    1. Bent molecular geometry
    2. Linear molecular geometry
    3. Octahedral molecular geometry
    4. Tetrahedral molecular geometry
    5. Trigonal planar molecular geometry
    6. Trigonal pyramidal molecular geometry
    7. VSEPR theory
  3. Valence bond theory (Level 4)
    1. Modern valence bond theory
      1. Linear combination of atomic orbitals
    2. Orbital hybridisation
    3. Resonance (chemistry)
    4. Pi bond
    5. Sigma bond

Electrochemistry edit

This section contains 15 articles.

  1. Electrochemical cell
    1. Anode
    2. Cathode
    3. Electrolyte
    4. Electrolytic cell
    5. Galvanic cell
    6. Half-cell
    7. Salt bridge
  2. Reduction potential
    1. Absolute electrode potential
      1. Standard hydrogen electrode
    2. Nernst equation
    3. Standard electrode potential
      1. Galvanic series
      2. Reactivity series

Kinetics edit

This section contains 17 articles.

  1. Chemical kinetics (Level 4)
  2. Rate equation
    1. Law of mass action
    2. Rate-determining step
    3. Reaction rate
      1. Reaction rate constant
  3. Transition state theory
    1. Activated complex
    2. Activation energy
    3. Hammond's postulate
    4. Reaction coordinate
    5. Transition state
  4. Arrhenius equation
    1. Pre-exponential factor
  5. Collision theory
    1. Collision frequency
  6. Entropy of activation

Stereochemistry edit

This section contains 23 articles.

  1. Stereoisomerism
    1. Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rules
  2. Chirality (chemistry)
    1. Absolute configuration
    2. Enantiomer
    3. Racemic mixture
    4. Racemization
    5. Stereocenter
  3. Conformational isomerism
    1. Atropisomer
    2. Cyclohexane conformation
      1. Ring flip
    3. Eclipsed conformation
    4. Gauche effect
    5. Newman projection
    6. Staggered conformation
    7. Steric effects
      1. A value
    8. Strain (chemistry)
  4. Diastereomer
    1. Cis–trans isomerism
    2. E–Z notation
  5. Meso compound

Supramolecular chemistry edit

This section contains 15 articles.

  1. Supramolecular chemistry
    1. Folding (chemistry)
    2. Molecular self-assembly
  2. Host–guest chemistry
    1. Clathrate compound
    2. Inclusion compound
    3. Molecular encapsulation
      1. Endohedral fullerene
  3. Intermolecular force (Level 4)
    1. Chemical polarity
      1. Amphiphile
      2. Hydrophile
      3. Hydrophobe
    2. London dispersion force
    3. Van der Waals force

Thermodynamics edit

This section contains 15 articles.

  1. Chemical thermodynamics
    1. Thermochemistry
  2. Colligative properties
    1. Boiling-point elevation
    2. Freezing-point depression
    3. Osmotic pressure
    4. Vapor pressure
  3. Reaction quotient
    1. Thermodynamic activity
      1. Activity coefficient
    2. Equilibrium constant
      1. Dissociation constant
  4. Exothermic reaction
    1. Thermal runaway
  5. Flory–Huggins solution theory